Psychological Non Epileptic Seizures
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Recommendations for summer reading: a variety of choices about and by persons living with Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)| Jun 16th, 2021
Psychoeducation: refers to some form of intervention (lecture, support group meeting or published materials) that aims to educate the audience members/readers about a specific health condition, provides coping suggestions and informs about treatment options.  Usually, psychoeducation is provided by health...
Posted by on Jun 15th, 2021 in News | 0 comments

As someone who has PNES, what should I know about the COVID-19 vaccines?

If we can say anything for sure about COVID-19 is that there is still a lot that we do not know. Making matters worse, at times experts have communicated confusing and contradictory information to the public....
Posted by on Apr 15th, 2021 in News | 3 comments

The debate on what to call psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), non-epileptic attach disorder ...

This feature article was just published by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and summarizes meetings that took place last...
Posted by on Mar 13th, 2021 in News | 4 comments

What if a patient has psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) but does not report any significant ...

It is important for mental health professionals to be cognizant of this because these patients exist and are encountered in psychotherapists’ offices with certain regularity. For decades if not centuries...
Posted by on Jan 13th, 2021 in News | 6 comments

Shame and Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES): research topic?

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by one of the leaders in the field of research of Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES); he proposed a project to several professionals in the field of PNES focusing on a...
Posted by on Nov 25th, 2020 in News | 0 comments

Studying Emotion, Relationships, and Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures (PNES) at Arizona State Univ...

This month’s blog post comes to us from sunny Arizona, more specifically, Dayana Villarreal, Graduate Student, Arizona State University. Below, you are invited to read about her current research project on...
Posted by on Oct 28th, 2020 in News | 1 comment

You have been told you have alexithymia: Now, what? (Post for patients)

Let’s first answer: What is alexithymia? Basically, it means, not having words for emotions (a=not having, lexi=word, thymia=emotion) or in other words, having a hard time identifying and describing...

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